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victorian downpipe joints
Should the top part of a cast iron down pipe sit loosely within the lower part of the pipe? The lower part of the pipe has been raised above the drain but should flow down into the drain: should we...
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Electrical
How to wire a PIR?
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UV protection ...
That is correct. If you leave the orange stuff in the sun, it turns white and goes brittle. The grey/black/brown is uPVC plastic The orange is polypropelene.
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Australia's drought could produce a corker vintage
Australia's drought could produce a corker vintage by Tom Westbrook, Jonathan Barrett, SEP 7, 2018, Reuters GRIFFITH/BAROSSA, Australia (Reuters) - If Australia?s big dry has a silver lining, it?ll be...
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Way, way OT - shortest A road? England, Britain or the UK wil do.
Just noticed that there is a very short A road near to me, probably the remnant of a much longer A road which has been chopped by additions and renumberings. Starts at a roundabout with a newer cut...
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NC - someone remind me please.
1. Bimetal wallstats are/were used for cooling as well as heating. 2. The other contact can be used to redirect electrickery to heating water if it's a room stat, or vice versa. NT
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corrugated plastic shed roof
I built a shed about 10 or 11 years ago with a sloped roof made of the corrugated clear plastic from Wickes. A few days ago, while putting a ladder away in the shed, I banged the roof & made an...
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Myford ML8 wood lathe: chuck?
Hello all. Just acquired a Myford ML8 as my first lathe (never used a lathe before). I t came with face plates and the spiky end to the headstock centre, but no c huck. How important/useful is a chuck...
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Tiled floor removal
I'm currently taking up the tiled floor in the kitchen and it's turning int o quite a struggle. I need to get back to the T&G plank below the tiles and sub-layer of ply-board. I've removed all the...
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Burying ethernet cable with armoured mains to shed
Duct colour, depth, etc all seems a bit woolly no matter the location. You might find Vol:1 on this page interesting: *Please note that the NJUG UK Volume 2 Publication is under review and the new...
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Bridge Rectifiers
Certainly sounds rather nasty. Firstly though might need to know what drove one leg to destruction? Also be very mindful of any electrolytic capacitors on that supply this sort of thing can spell...
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Well OT - expected life of public buildings; leisure/sports centre
Nah. That was either the U2 or the Lockheed lightning
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removing glued down flooring
My new house has a kitchen where the floor has been glued down across the whole area with adhesive (looks like evostick, but I guess it's a commercial version). As I try and pull the old floor up it...
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When were aerated breeze blocks first used?
I'm trying to date some work on a house (c1920), specifically a dividing wall in the attic space between two semis. It's been made of quite new-looking aerated blocks - the ones with the zig-zag...
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Cheap but effective alternatives to Roundup
I need to kill off both grass and weeds from a rather weedy lawn roughly about 25m2 and would appreciate any recommendations. Richard
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